Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO in Armenia
Armenia: Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO was 100.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO in Armenia, 2001–2023
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who in Armenia stood at 100.0%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who in Armenia peaked at 100.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 50.0%, in 2006.
Armenia ranks 1st of 173 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 90.0% | — |
| 2002 | 88.0% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 92.0% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 91.0% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 100.0% | +9.9% |
| 2006 | 50.0% | -50.0% |
| 2007 | 69.0% | +38.0% |
| 2008 | 85.0% | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 89.0% | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 58.0% | -34.8% |
| 2011 | 90.0% | +55.2% |
| 2012 | 97.0% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | -10.0% |
| 2017 | 92.0% | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 100.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 85.0%, 1.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO in Armenia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +55.2% | 58.0% | 90.0% |
| 2006 | -50.0% | 100.0% | 50.0% |
| 2007 | +38.0% | 50.0% | 69.0% |
| 2010 | -34.8% | 89.0% | 58.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 83.8% | 50.0% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2010s | 92.7% | 58.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
- 1 Azerbaijan 100.0% compare
- 1 Bahrain 100.0% compare
- 1 Bhutan 100.0% compare
- 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 100.0% compare
- 1 Cape Verde 100.0% compare
- 1 Czechia 100.0% compare
- 1 Gambia 100.0% compare
- 1 Georgia 100.0% compare
- 1 Lesotho 100.0% compare
- 1 Mauritius 100.0% compare
- 1 Moldova 100.0% compare
- 1 Mongolia 100.0% compare
- 1 Montenegro 100.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 100.0% compare
- 1 Oman 100.0% compare
- 1 Serbia 100.0% compare
- 1 Singapore 100.0% compare
- 1 Tajikistan 100.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 100.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 100.0% compare
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.57 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who in Armenia?
- Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who in Armenia was 100.0% in 2023, according to World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.0% in 2006.
- How does Armenia rank for share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who?
- Armenia ranks 1st out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the who rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of potential polio cases tested and reported to the WHO. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) cases, where stool samples were tested for poliovirus and reported to the WHO.